Centennial college is Toronto's No. 1 community college. It offers lots of full time and part time programs including diploma, degree programs & also offers co-operative programs. Students of Co-operative programs can gain practical field experience with their college studies.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Have you already successfully completed a
post-secondary diploma or degree program and are looking to enter the book publishing
or magazine publishing field? If so, you may want to consider applying to
Centennial College’s two-semester Book and Magazine offering, which caters to
mature learners that are seeking a program with an accelerated pace. In
addition, Centennial College will also consider applicants presenting a
combination of partial post-secondary education and relevant work experience.
Applicants must attend a program admission session that includes editing
exercises, presentation of a portfolio of writing and a resume.

Since being established in 1974, this
program, which focuses on both book publishing and magazine publishing, holds
several accolades for academic excellence and for the career success of its
graduates. This is achieved in a variety of ways.

First and foremost, students who attend the
book publishing and magazine publishing courses learn to integrate their
creative, marketing and business skills into everything they do. Secondly,
facets of the publishing process including e-books, are covered within the two
semesters of the program. Some specific courses through which students obtain
their skills include: Introduction to Publishing (offers a broad overview of
book and magazine publishing to acquaint students with these two cultural
industries); Book Marketing and Sales (emphasis is on two critical skills:
communicating and selling. Students explore the course material through a
variety of role-playing exercises, case studies, class presentations, and individual
and group projects); Applications of Publishing Design (enables students to
learn to apply the fundamental principles of graphic design for books and
magazines. As well, the student will learn more of the creative prepress, and
printing production processes normally applied to books and to magazines from
initial concept to final printed product); and more.

To complement what they learn in their book
publishing and magazine publishing
courses, students participate in publishing On the Danforth, a twice-a-year
magazine. Lastly, there is a six-week, full-time unpaid internship at a book or
magazine publishing house. This field placement is arranged by program
coordinator in consultation with the student, and takes place at the end of
March until early May. It is the final course in the program. Please note that
a minimum C grade is required in all courses for graduation.

In the world of magazine publishing and
book publishing, companies such as Random House Canada, Toronto Life Magazine,
Nelson Educational Publishings, Chatelaine Magazine, Harper Collins Canada,
Outpost Magazine, McClelland & Stewart, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Profit
Magazine are among some of the most well known book and magazine publishing
companies in Canada. All of these places are also known for hiring graduates of
Centennial College’s Book and Magazine Publishing program.